Today's Terrific Te Tuhi Trip

Today's trip was awesome!  We went to the Te Tuhi art gallery.

First we had to paint clear paper with black paint.  Then it was dried on the stairs.  We had to use black paper that the class before us had painted because it was already dry.

We had to trace a letter onto the paper and then draw our NZ pictures around the outside.  We carved out the pictures using an etching tool.  If we put the white paper behind it we could see the etching better.  We used a tissue to dry the water we put on the letters to help the paint come off more easily.

When we had finished we lined up and went to see some artwork.

Our pictures look great!

It's Time for Long Ball

Today we played long ball.  There was one fielding team and one running team.  One of the teams was called Chocolate Chip Cookies and the other was called Gummi Bears.  CCC got the same points for both rounds.

One team throws the ball and then runs to the other end.  If they get hit they are out.  If they get back safely they get a point for their team.  The other team, who are fielding, tries to catch the ball and throw it at the runners.

Maya and Zachary felt excited, Jordan felt nervous and Jaashan was awesome!  Jessica decided it was a good way to encourage others.  Miss L has found out that we have some amazing sportspeople in our class.

It's Time for Golf

Whack!  Oskar hit the tennis ball far across the field.  It went flying up and came down a long way from us.

Today we were learning how to play golf.  Vicki was excited, Jordan was nervous and Zachary was feeling pretty confident.  We learnt how to hold a golf club and swing to hit the ball.

We have another golf lesson in two weeks time.  Maybe Miss L's bruise will be gone by then.

Damyen's ready to go

Estina focuses hard

Helen's awesome shot

Good game everyone

Twinkle Twinkle Room 30

Today is the third day of school.  We started on our stars.  It's really hard to fold the stars, but we are persevering.  The information on our stars is our dreams, what we want to be, our favourite things and what we like.  We'll post a photo when they are finished.

Consequences

Today we read the story Because a Little Bug went Ka-CHOO! and talked about consequences.  Our consequences for doing the right things are gold stars, being on the impressive list, being told you're great, house points, stickers and stamps.  Consequences for doing the wrong thing include a warning, then the thinking spot, then we might be sent to another room.

We're all hoping for the positive consequences!

A Wonderful First Day Back at School

Welcome to Room 30!

Here is where you will find out about all the marvellous, exciting and fabulous things we do during the year.  So far today we have written our class expectations, talked to our neighbour Mr Rankin (who says funny things), written a letter to our teacher, talked about what we like doing and started to get to know everyone in our class so we can make new friends.

It's going to be an awesome year!

Big smiles for Day One!